My best Absinthe so far...

[Nigel]

Im really reallyllllylylylyhappy about the way this batch came out. and I think I am satisfied with it completely.

500 grams wormwood
600 grams green anise
400 grams fenell
100 grams corriander
50 grams angelica
500 grams star anise
10 litres of 85% ethanol


All of the herbs ground to their finest and are put in my 5 gallon still and macerated at 120 degrees farenheit for 24 hours.

a 1oz sample is drawn from the macerate and water is added. if it does not turn milky white the batch is macerated longer.

after maceration is complete the batch is cut with 3 litres of tails from all of the previous batches and then distilled and 2 litres water. I then I collect 10 litres of distillate, and continue to collect tails until I get about 3 litres which is added to the next batch.

The distillate is ready to be colored. for coloring I take one litre of distillate and add:

10 grams artemesia pontica
10 cardomon pods
10 grams hyssop
10 grams melissa

they are all added to 1 litre mason jar and heated in a pan of water to about 150 for about 5 minutes and taken out and cooled slowly. the herbs are then strained and added to the distillate. The reason why I only color one litre is because if you color all 10 you will get grally foggy absinthe that looks like crap. this way you get very clear beautiful absinthe. I then bottle it and store it upright.

I hope you guys find this helpful. ;]